The conference Consumer Culture: Between Aesthetics, Social Distinction and Ecological Activism was held on 7–9 October 2010 on the premises of the Arts Center of the Faculty of Arts of Palacky University in Olomouc. The event took place under the auspices of The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic and it was also an official part of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion (EY2010).
The goal of the conference was to create a counterbalance to the “science in the shadows”, overcome the mutual distrust between the academic and commercial spheres and make possible the transfer of recent developments between the two parties. That is why the conference organizers invited not only leading European academic researchers from diverse disciplines, but also representatives from the commercial sector who deal with research, production and innovation in consumer culture. This allowed for the confrontation of two previously separate and distinct discourses and perspectives.
Guests
Wolfgang Ullrich, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
Kate Soper, London Metropolitan University
Rainer Gries, University of Vienna
Jaroslav Cír, Perfect Crowd Prague
Søren Askegaard, University of Southern Denmark
Moritz Gekeler, HPI School of Design Thinking, Potsdam
Franz Liebl, Berlin University of the Arts
Kai-Uwe Hellmann, Berlin Institute of Technology
Organizers
Pavel Zahrádka, Palacký University
Renáta Sedláková, Palacký University
Veronika Kubová, Palacký University
Jaroslav Cír, Perfect Crowd
Zuzana Chytková, University of Pisa
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